"And take our Cup"

This race is a lot harder than previous years. Thank heavens Northerly isn't there to confuse it more. The Australian horses have a fat chance in hell of winning, besides there are only a handfull that will make the field. The best of them being Grey Song, and maybe Rain Gauge. I recon the raiders are a special this year, with the only dangers the Kiwi's, again. The fact that Oliver, and Paddy Payne has jumped aboard the OS horses says something. We don't have enough staying form in Australia to truely be confident in any of our horses. We all forget one thing. All horses can run 2 miles, but some run it faster than others. You either get the ability by being something out of the box, like Saintly, or from breeding, or from practice. These OS horses run around in these races all the time, and they are better this year than previous. Goldophin and Weld have done it before, and guess what? They are going to do it again... A few of them are handicapped right up there, and lucky for that. At least we can assess the likes of Vinnie and Jardines as fairly weighted. But what about Media Puzzle? 52.5, he is a leg in. It's different this year. Normally they come here and are first up after a spell, and all but win the race. Media Puzzle ran a record 2500, and Beekeeper on 53 after coming home like a train in the Caulfield Cup. What about Hatha Anna being nominated for the MacKinnon. These preperations are unheard of, and they really have their act together. Not even the great Bart can do anything about this one. So take a photo of our Cup if your at Flemington on Tuesday, because "she's a gonna". It will either come back next year after being tainted with warm beer, or it will have an arabic inscription on it!